After 14 pages .... what's the conclusion or decision made for best HDMI dvd player?

I think its because the cost to produce it is still very high. Electronic industry is very market driven, if there is no demand there (yet), most manufacturers will decide to put it on hold (mass production), and fine tune it during R&D.

Last year, everybody is waiting for 1080P panels, now we have that, now it's probably HDMI v1.3 (support for 36-bit colours, technically not possible even for plasmas). I guess it never ends, from component, to DVI, to HDMI v1.1 / v1.2 ......

They're definitely making a lot of money from us by seducing us with newer features. I will be a while before its technology is as matured as a normal standard definition tv.

Pls check post #92 for cash and delivery price


it seems Toshiba 42" is closing the gap of LG 42", by a diff of RM500 and warranty 2 year vs 1 year.

I wonder if I should park the money NOW.

As I have been monitoring, the price keep dropping by about RM 200 per week. If my prediction is correction, I will be on my way to SS2 next week.

I believe the price will drop further after CNY especially when sales slowdown after a big festive season.

I got my Sony NS76H.

Many of us would consider Oppo 981 if there is agent in Malaysia and many of us would definitely get the Denon 2930 or 3930 when too much money.

My personal favourites will be as below.

Sony 76H < RM600
Denon 1930 < RM1500
Denon 2930 / Pioneer 989 < RM3000
Denon 3930 < RM6000
Arcam DV137 < RM10000

After reading this thread, i got myself a sony 76H also. Thanks guys for the tips

Satisfied with the purchase. All this while was using china made dvdp. Actually, this is the most expensive dvd player i ever had. But ten years ago, my sharp vcd player costs more than the 76H

Congrats on the purchase. Welcome to the club...

Eh ccschua, you still haven't PM me the shop name!! Why don't you spell it out right here. Sorry, if this sounds rude, but I'm very interested to check it out.

On my side, I have found a shop willing to sell Panasonic Plasma 42PV60H (my current favourite) at 7,999 (SenQ). Personally, I think that it can drop more as SG has this model on sale at less than RM7k!!!! (if something around 7500, I doubt I will consider much longer)

This post has been edited by Joker339: Feb 9 2007, 03:07 PM

My LG42" 2RR have 3 years warranty.

I also bought myself a hdmi dvd player today. It is Samsung HD950. I know Samsung is bad. But I need a upconvert DVD player for my component only DVD. There's really a difference between 1080i and 480i. I'm now very very happy with my purchase. I've defy the convention here to buy 76h.

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Added on February 10, 2007, 7:41 pmI just wanna say its very good pic quality. Very 3d like and good sharpness. Some more, got SACD. But no SACD CD Will try to buy some SACD soon. Got 4 years warranty from SenQ after paying rm89

This post has been edited by gogo2: Feb 10 2007, 07:41 PM

Has anyone tried the Philips DVP-5965K? It has upscaling and retails at RM499. Read the review in newspaper and it was well received by the writer.

Can any one else give their comments on this machine?

I think price that ccschua is referring to is from Legend at SS2. I have checked and they have quoted prices similarly.

Wow... congrats...

But why pay RM89? for the extra few years? By then, no one wants a HDMI player anymore. He! HE!... Anyway... enjoy the machine.

coz if spoil and cannot fix at 4th year, they'll give me choice to buy a new player at that price. so maybe i can choose hd dvd or blue ray or combo. i'll make it spoil

yes. Thats right. Legend seem to be super seller philip LCD TV and they are promoting it like no tomorrow.

What happens is all the LG, Toshiba, Sharp, china brand all suffers from contrast problem. Especially so if u watch DVD, astro, pause the movie that shows men wearing dark green/black shirt in dark area like disco. You will notice LG panels contrast fade into white, same for Toshiba and Aquos, but not so bad. (GC and china brand no need to mention).

Philips and Hitachi has higher contrast than those panel. So the Philips and Hitachi (Samsung also not bad) is outstanding in displaying those black and whites, distinctly. in doing so, the panel portrays the picture in its fidelity. However, how does Philip LCD do that when they are being the same panel as LG, toshiba, etc?
On close up by standing near Philip panels, u will notice the pixelation at those curves ( aliasing issues)

Another panel worth the thumbs up is Sharp PX 32". The display and contrast is simply outstanding. I just hope Sharp PX 37" is not too far away.

Therefore after much thot, i finally decided Toshiba 37" (who need 1080p when your panel is less than 42") and happily withdraw my money in cold hard cash.

When I wanted to part my money, I asked for some discount (enuf for me drive back) only to be TOLD by owner RUDELY this -

Mr L. "I dont mean to be rude, but I am telling you so that u will be smart. We sell the most LCD in Malaysia and we dont use any tactics like no stock."

me " I know but do u have to talk like that"

Mr L. " This is the way we do business, u are just wasting your time" and he just walk away.


So folks, if u go to this shop, dont ask too much, just park your money and they will come, and be happy.

This post has been edited by ccschua: Feb 11 2007, 03:20 PM

2 weeks ago , we got an samsung 40 inch fullHDtv, when it was 1 day old the colours were broken and we decided 2 change it to sharp 42 inch model LC-42G7M (fullHD)

currently happy with this tv.. if u ask me, i reccomend sharp

This post has been edited by nargoe: Feb 11 2007, 03:29 PM

You miss quote me as .... in only the X2500 series has xvYCC support while my set is the 46v2500.. but it serve no advantage with current 8bit display and cold cathod backlight

And instead of going back to your tv to plug and unplug hdmi/component/vga cable get extension wires with female ports (place it at any convenient place) where u can swap cables with different devices .... much cheaper than switches

dvi/hdmi.. being digtal are more lenient.. I extended a connection up to 8 meters..for 1080p display.

This post has been edited by BeastX: Feb 11 2007, 07:47 PM

wow, after gone 6 pages of this thread, i am so blur with all those terms. eg: HDMI, 1080p, backlight bleed, and also vertical band.
wonder if anyone will explain to me >.< sorry sorry for lack of knowledge
however, i wanna get myself a 32inch lcd tv. and the distance between me will be like 5feet(entertainment room) from the tv. will use it mainly for DVD and PS3. any brother wanna recommend me which lcd should i buy? any lcd tv will do except those above rm5k?

thanks in advance